A hooded figure gloomed in one of the many alleys in the city of London. The large hood covered the face of the unknown person as the figure emerged from the dark and blended in with the crowds on the busy streets. Within a few seconds, a terrible blood-curding scream rings through the heavy crowds and quickly, the police came. In the alley was a corpse of a young girl, her eyes still wide in terror, laying in a large pool of blood. The police examined the girl. Just as they thought, there was deep, long slash on the girl back that lead to blood lost and to her death. The policemen all shook their heads.

"This is the fifth case. We have to report this serial murder case to the queen. Send the body to the Undertaker for examination."

In the mist covered forest not too far away from the busy city of London lays the Phantomhive manor. The residents of the manor were bustling around, trying to do their jobs and getting ready for a visitor.

"Mey-Rin, have you finished washing the dishes?" Sebastian asked.

"S…sorry Mr. Sebastian. I haven't even started washing the dishes yet." Mey-Rin murmured, slowly shrinking away. Sebastian shakes his head.

"Finni, have you planted the sterling roses yet? Those are the young master's favorite."

"Uh…where are the seeds again?"

"Bard, are the newly delivered vegetables washed?" Sebastian's patient was wearing very thin.

"You have to wash vegetables before cooking them?" The three servants of the house of Phantomhive were now facing the scariest, demon butler (literally a demon) of the house. Mey-Rin blushed and gulped at the same time while Finni laughs nervously.

"If you three really have nothing to do, then PLEASE GO TO YOUR JOBS! We have a guest coming in just a few minutes! I need the entire mansion PERFECT, without a single speck of dust in sight." Sebastian said calmly and with a smile, but emphasizing some words that made him sound much scarier then he looks. The three scattered about and out of sight, each swearing they saw devil horns growing out of Sebastian's head.

"YES MR. SEBASTIAN!" They cried in sync.

Really. Am I the only one who does work around here? Sebastian takes the stack of letters that has to be delivered to the Earl and goes to the study. Knocking on door, Sebastian called into the study.

"Young master? I brought today's letters." Earl Ciel Phantomhive reached for the daily stack. Like how he always does, Ciel only scans through them, and then throws it away. But today, one envelope stood out from the rest, the envelope with the Queen's seal on it.

Dear Dog,

The Queen, Queen Victoria, Is quite worried about the serial killings of young girls. Each girl dies in the same way, by a long, deep slash down the back. The Undertaker has more information on the corpses. Already five dead, the Queen wishes that this matter is taken care of immediately, and that the murderer is accounted by his/her actions.

Written by Earl Grey Williams, Queen Victoria's Butler

Dictated by Queen Victoria

Ciel closed the letter and hands the letter to Sebastian.

"Find all the prime suspects of this case and their alibis. You can do this within fifteen minutes right?" Sebastian bows to Ciel.

"Yes, my lord. But before I depart, I would like to warn the young master that we will have a visitor arriving within a few moments. Please be prepared for that particular guest." Sebastian smiled.

"Whatever. Just go find the people and come back quickly." Sebastian bowed once again and disappeared in the blink of an eye. Ciel relaxed at his chair, thinking about the case. He has heard rumors around the city when he visited a few days ago. This string of murders was already given a name by the citizens of London, the "Red Slasher", named because of the slash on every girl's back.

Why is this case so similar to Jack the Ripper's? Ciel thought. But before he could come to a conclusion, a voice that gives Ciel goose bumps every time he hears it echoed through the hall.

"CCCIEEEEELLL!" The door of his study busted open and Elizabeth came rushing in.

Dear God, save me! Ciel cried in his head, but it was already too late. Elizabeth's arm has found themselves around Ciel's neck and was hugging him tightly.

"Ciel! I missed you so much! I haven't seen you in TWO days! Oh, but no matter how many times I see you, you're still so cuuuute!" Elizabeth squeezed the life out of Ciel and pinched his cheeks like a grandmother to her grandchildren.

"Lizzie! Could you not…"

"Oh no, Ciel! You're wearing those boring, green, old clothes again! I knew I should have brought that extra clothing to dress up you and your servants! But since I'm here for a special reason, I completely forgot about making you look cuter!" Elizabeth wailed. Ciel managed to peel Elizabeth off of himself.

A special reason? Lizzie only comes here to either dance with me, go out with me, or to remodel my house with "cute" things. What's her special reason then?

"Then what's your "special reason" of coming here to see me?" Ciel asked.

"Oh, I have a friend who had always wanted to meet you, Ciel, so I brought her with me today! She's my best friend and also a distant relative. Corinne, come in." Elizabeth waved at the door. A girl who loomed at the door came out into the light.The girl was about his age, thirteen, and has large, icy blue eyes which, made Ciel shiver from staring into them, and long, waterfall-like honey gold hair that flowed down to almost her waist. The girl's dress was similar to Elizabeth's but was dark blue, which made an exquisite color contrast with her hair. Hanging from her neck down to her breast was an expensive gold locket. She has bangs on the right side of her face, while her bangs on the other side were pinned to the side of her head with a blue bobby pin.

"I am very pleased to meet you, Earl Ciel Phantomhive. My name is Corinne Loria Odile Fosset. I have been waiting to meet the Earl for a very long time." Corinne said, smiling at Ciel and bowed. Elizabeth beamed at her friend and her fiancé.

"Oh Corinne, isn't Ciel cute. He's just like I told you right? Short, skinny, with a face like a doll's and has the world's most adorable blue eyes." Elizabeth looks at Ciel, her face sparkling with pride and happiness. Ciel was a little offended with the short part. Corinne chuckled and Ciel glared at her.

"What's so funny?" Ciel snapped, but he couldn't help blushing himself.

"Ha, it's nothing really. It's just that before I heard Lizzie's "description" of you, I heard many different versions of Earl Phantomhive. I know a certain man from Shanghai who said he was friends with you, Earl. The way he described you was: "He has either a sour or angry look on his face and has extremely high pride. He's very moody and is said to wear a pirate-like eye patch." And so I thought my dear friend Lizzie's fiancé was going to be an ill tempered, middle-aged man!" Corinne laughed.

What exactly has Lau been telling everyone about me? Ciel thought angrily.

"Well then good thing I told you somewhat what Ciel looks like before I brought you here, or else you definitely would've been surprise to see a cute little kid." Elizabeth said.

"Little was unnecessary!" Ciel grumbled.

"Oh, but Corinne, I've told you about Ciel quite a while ago. Why do you want to see him now?" Elizabeth asked, completely ignoring Ciel's comment. Corinne straightened her back.

"I do have a special reason why I wanted to see you today, Earl Phantomhive. You see, from what I have heard, the Phantomhive family has a job especially for them, hence the nickname "The Queen's Watchdog." I believe the Earl takes care of the problems of England that the Queen wants to dispose of, am I correct?"

"Yes, that is my job. I do dispose of tiny problems the Queen does not want to deal with herself."

"I came here today for the case that has caused quite an uprising in the city of London, the case of the Red Slasher. I would like to help the Earl in solving this particular case. Would you mind, Earl Ciel Phantomhive, to have a lady accompany him in his mission to find the Red Slasher?"